Canadian Dave Carley's A View From The Roof wraps up its run at Boston's Orpheum Theatre-Foxborough Oct. 4.

Canadian Dave Carley's A View From The Roof wraps up its run at Boston's Orpheum Theatre-Foxborough Oct. 4.

Based on the short stories of Helen Weinzweig ("A Passing Ceremony, A View From the Roof"), Carley's play follows an aging businessman who hires two actors to reenact important parts of his life.

Charles Stransky plays the businessman, as well as a Canadian tourist named Bernie. Lizbeth MacKay plays the role of Mother with Karen Murphy, Anne Bates, and Cody Nickell filling in the various past people of importance.